Episode · How I Write · 2026-01-28
David Perell, Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar: books mentioned on How I Write
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar: How Train Dreams Became a Film | How I Write
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Clint Bentley discussed Train dreams by Denis Johnson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Train dreams
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson is a slender, poignant novella following the solitary life of Robert Grainier, a laborer in the American West during the early twentieth century.
Discussed“Given that we were adapting this work, you know, anytime we were in the car out in that world, we were listening to the audio book of Train Dreams narrated by Will Patton, who now narrates the film”
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